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Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy

Brainlab wins CE Mark for next-gen ExacTrac Dynamic system

April 24, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Brainlab announced that it received CE Mark approval in Europe for its ExacTrac Dynamic next-generation patient positioning and monitoring system. ExacTrac Dynamic offers high-speed thermal surface tracking technology combined with updated ExacTrac X-ray monitoring designed to treat a wide variety of indications in what Brainlab touts as an “all-in-one” radiotherapy tracking system. Munich-based Brainlab’s system […]

Filed Under: Imaging, Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Brainlab, CE Mark

RefleXion Medical raises $100m for biology-guided cancer radiotherapy

April 16, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Therapeutic oncology company RefleXion Medical announced today that it closed an equity financing with proceeds of $100 million. Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), a large, Canada-based pension investment manager focused on long-term investments, led the funding, according to a news release. Existing investors TPG’s The Rise Fund, KCK Group, Sofinnova Partners, Venrock, T. […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Funding Roundup, Oncology, Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: FDA, RefleXion Medical

Could AI help monitor coronavirus disease progression?

April 2, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Artificial intelligence radiology tech developer Qure.ai announced that it is working with the San Raffaele University Hospital in Milan to monitor disease progression in COVID-19 patients. The Mumbai-based company’s QXR automated chest X-ray system is designed to interpret a coronavirus patient’s lung scans within seconds, quantifying how much of their lungs have been affected by […]

Filed Under: Health Technology, Hospital Care, Imaging, Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy, Respiratory, Software / IT Tagged With: artificial intelligence, coronavirus, COVID-19, qureai

How is the coronavirus affecting medtech events?

April 1, 2020 By Sean Whooley

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has swept the globe and made a huge impact in the medtech space — especially when it comes to the events that provide a crucial networking and innovation-sharing function. The March 5 cancellation of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2020 Global Health Conference & Exhibition was one of […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiovascular, Featured, Imaging, Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy Tagged With: coronavirus

RaySearch Labs issues urgent field safety notice for certain RayStations

March 23, 2020 By Sean Whooley

RaySearch Laboratories issued an urgent field safety notice in Europe to warn on an issue with the dose calculation for the Siemens (NYSE:SI) virtual wedge in several of RaySearch’s RayStation treatment planning systems. The affected RayStation models listed in the safety notice out of Germany included RayStation 4.0, RayStation 4.5, RayStation 4.7, RayStation 4.9 (RayPlan 1), […]

Filed Under: Imaging, Oncology, Patient Monitoring, Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy, Recalls, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: RaySearch Laboratories, Siemens

FDA clears Varian’s AI-driven radiation therapy

February 12, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) announced today that it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Ethos AI-driven adaptive intelligence solution for cancer care. Ethos is designed to offer an adaptive treatment based on the patient’s anatomy and position to better target the tumor, reduce the dose to healthy tissue and improve overall outcomes within a 15-minute time […]

Filed Under: 510(k), Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Imaging, Oncology, Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Varian Medical Systems

Varian Medical shares down on Q1 bottom-line slide

January 30, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Varian Medical (NYSE:VAR) shares dropped today on first-quarter results that came up short of the consensus forecast. The Palo Alto, Calif.–based radiotherapy device maker posted profits of $88.9 million, or 96¢ per share, on sales of $829.9 million for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2019, for a 14.4% bottom-line slide on sales growth of 11.9%. […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Imaging, MassDevice Earnings Roundup, Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Varian Medical Systems

FDA reclassifies some medical image analyzers

January 21, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

The FDA today imposed stricter regulations on certain radiological medical image analyzers, reclassifying them from Class III to Class II. Affected products include computer-assisted detection (CADe) devices for breast cancer mammography, breast-lesion ultrasound, and lung-nodule and dental-caries radiography, the agency said. It defines these devices as those intended to identify, mark, highlight, or in any […]

Filed Under: Featured, Imaging, Mammography, Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy, Ultrasound Tagged With: FDA

Philips issues urgent field safety notice for CombiDiagnost R90

January 10, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Updated with a clarification from Philips. Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) issued an urgent field safety notice to warn users of an issue with its CombiDiagnost R90 GCF fluoroscopy system. The imaging device used in radiography has shown an error issue when the table-tilting features are used. When using the “Table Up/Down” button on the device, Error 80, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Imaging, Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy, Recalls, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Philips

Proton therapy lowers risk of side effects for cancer patients, study says

December 26, 2019 By Sean Whooley

Findings from a new study claim that proton therapy leads to a significantly lower risk of side effects severe enough to lead to unplanned hospitalizations for cancer patients when compared to traditional radiation. Although cure rates between the proton therapy and radiation groups remain almost identical, the study conducted at the Perelman School of Medicine […]

Filed Under: Featured, Imaging, News Well, Oncology, Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy Tagged With: Hitachi, IBA Worldwide, Mevion Medical Systems, proton beam therapy, proton therapy, University of Pennsylvania, Varian Medical Systems

Could an algorithm improve breast cancer treatment?

December 20, 2019 By Sean Whooley

A study from researchers at Penn Medicine revealed that MRI and an algorithm-based field of medicine called radiomics could help characterize the heterogeneity of cancer cells in a tumor and allow for better understanding of the causes and progression of individual diseases. The study, published in Clinical Cancer Research, examines radiomics, which uses algorithms to extract […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Featured, Imaging, Mammography, Oncology, Radiosurgery/Radiation therapy, Women's Health Tagged With: Breast Cancer, University of Pennsylvania

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